# CVE-2023-44282: Privilege escalation in Dell Repository Manager (DRM)

> A local low-privileged attacker can exploit improper access control in Dell Repository Manager to gain escalated privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8h28-pjqh-fhj2

## What is CVE-2023-44282?

CVE-2023-44282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Repository Manager (DRM), published on 16 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell Repository Manager, 3.4.3 and prior, contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability in its installation module. A local low-privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to gaining escalated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44282?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Repository Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-44282?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44282 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-44282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Repository Manager (DRM)

- [CVE-2024-28976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28976/): Path traversal in Dell Repository Manager (DRM) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-45376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-45376/): Privilege escalation in Dell Repository Manager (DRM) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-21420](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21420/): Path traversal in Repository Manager (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-22576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22576/): Privilege escalation in Dell Repository Manager (DRM) (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2023-44292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44292/): Privilege escalation in Dell Repository Manager (DRM) (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44282 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-44282 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell Repository Manager (DRM), published on 16 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Repository Manager (DRM). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44282/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44282/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44282
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44282
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44282

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44282/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.